Sewing-thimble.



J. H.' SARGENT.

SEWING THIMBLE.

APLICATION FILED APR. 10. 1915.

Patented Mar:14, 1916'.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

JOHN H. SARGENT, OF SOUTH BE'IHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 WILLIAM HENRY KREIS, OF SOUTH BETHLEI-IEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEWING-THIMBLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mal- 1451916,

Application led April 10, 1915. Serial No. 20,456.

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Thimbles; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and `to the letters and figuresV of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sewing thimbles and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and eiiicient device of this nature so arranged as to protect the nail at the end of the finger and consists essentially in the provision of a cushion of rubber or other suitable material placed within the thimble and preventing the end of the linger coming in direct Contact with the concaved end of the thimble when in use.

More specifically, the present invention consists, in connection with athimble, of a circular disk of rubber or resilient material, shaped upon one face to conform to the concaved end of the thimble upon which it is mounted, and provided with a beveled edge forming a means for the reception of theV nail of the finger of a person, thus protecting the nail when pressure is applied to the cushion in the use of the thimble.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the thimble. Fig. 2 is a transverse Fig. 3 is a detail of the cushion.l

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a hard shell thimble of the usual construction having the concaved inner end, and B is a circular outlined yielding ller of suitable material and which has a conveXed surface C adapted to conform to and contact with the inner concaved end of the thimble. Said filler is provided with a circumferential bevel D, the inner marginal edge of which terminates at the outer portion of the concaved part of the thimble, and an annular space E isprovided for the reception of the projecting endV of a linger nail.

When the cushion is applied lto the thimble in the manner shown and pressure is applied in the act of forcing a needle through the material, it will be noted that the end of the linger will be prevented from comingin contact with the tapering surface of the thimble at the inner concaved end and which is frequently the cause of making the iingers sensitive and otherwise injuring the same but, by the provision of the cushion beveled as shown, pressure applied to the thimble will allow the nail to enter the space about the beveled part of the disk and the cushion will receive the thrust against the end of the finger, thus preventing thel finger from being injured as well as protecting the Enger nail.

What I claim to be new is A thimble comprising a hard shell and having its inner end concaved, a removable circular-outlined yielding filler having a conveXed end conforming to and in contact l' with said-concaved end, the circumferential wall-of the iiller having a beveled portion, the inner marginal edge of which terminates at the outer portion of said concaved part of the thimble, thus allowing an annular space between the filler and the wall -of the thimble for the finger nail of the person on whose finger the thimble is placed.

,In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiX my y 'I signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. SARGENT. IVitnesses: Y Y

A. L. HOUGH, FRANKLIN H. HOUGH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 'Washingtom D. C. 

